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Subject: Re: 2.4.12-ac3 floppy module requires 0x3f0-0x3f1 ioports
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On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 15:02, Gunther Mayer wrote:
> Solution:
> ---------
> PnPBIOS in linux should _not_ reserve these 2 ports (this kind of
> solution is commonly called a quirks).

That would work.  However the more appropriate solution would
seem to be for the floppy driver not to try to reserve them,
since it doesn't use them, and (judging from what you say)
on some machines they have nothing to do with the floppy
drive.